Round Rock got a solid start from Ron Chiavacci on Friday night in route to a 5-3 win.
“I’ve been sitting in the stands the last three games seeing what these guys like, so it was easy to have a game plan,” Chiavacci said. “(Catcher J.R. House) and I were on the same page, especially the last five innings. I don’t remember waiving him off very often.”
Saturday, the Express went down 6-3. Sunday, Jack Cassell continued his dominance of the PCL leading the Express to a 6-2 win. Monday, the Express broke out the bats and beat Sacrameno 9-3.
Corpus Christi lost Friday (11-0), Saturday (8-6), Sunday (12-4) & Monday (11-2). They have lost 6 straight games. This is prompting some roster moves.
The Hooks lost even more afterward as they saw their leading hitter, third baseman Chris Johnson, called up to Class AAA Round Rock. Meanwhile, reliever Sean Walker was sent to high-A Salem to become the Avalanche’s closer.
The Hooks are expected to receive second baseman Jonny Ash, a member of their 2006 Texas League championship team, and reliever Jose Oyervidez from Round Rock to fill their empty roster spots.
Salem’s Tim Torres had a night to be proud of Friday in the Av’s 7-4 victory.
“Two home runs and 11 ground balls,” (Starter Cory) Bass said of Torres. “Derek Jeter better look out.”
Saturday, Torres homered again in Salem’s 5-4 victory. Sunday, they completed the sweep of Lynchburg with an eight run 8th to win 11-3. Monday, the game was suspended due to rain and will be completed prior to today’s regularly scheduled game.
Lexington has gotten hot of late. They have the best record over the last 10 games (8-2) but are still have the worst record in the league. Friday, they shut out Delmarva. Saturday, they allowed runs but ended the game on top. The Legends pitching staff has only allowed runs in 1 out of the last 27 innings. Sunday, the Legends lost after blowing a 5 run lead. Monday, they returned to their winning ways with the help of Brian Pellegrini’s 16th homer of the season and Kyle Miller’s 4th in 9 games since his call up.
Tri Cities got solid starting pitching Friday night from Robert Bono but still lost 1-0. Saturday, the VallyCats played the Tigers at Double Day Field as a part of Hall of Fame Weekend.
David Duncan, the ‘Cats pitcher scheduled to start the game, said his focus will be on getting his team a win. After that, he’ll be able to sightsee, and, like Disher, it will be his first time in Cooperstown.
“I’m trying to go about it as a normal game and then after the game, hopefully good results, and then I can soak it all in,” he said.
Duncan took care of the first part, pitching five perfect innings on Saturday night enroute to a 5-2 win.
“That was a masterful performance,” Rancont said.
“Getting out of (the losing streak) was pretty key,” Duncan said. “We had to squash it as soon as possible. Glad we did that, now we can start a winning streak.”
Maybe Duncan should add prophet to his list of abilities. Because the ValleyCats won Sunday & Monday as well. Sunday’s win involved a 3 run 12th inning to win 5-2. The number 12 was important again Monday as the VallyCats put 12 runs on the board in the 12-3 win.
It has been a rough few days for the Greeneville Astros. They lost Friday night to Elizabethon 10-7. Jordan Lyles had his roughest outing giving up 6 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Saturday, the Astros got a win against the Bristol White Sox. Sunday, the Astros played what Manager Rodney Linares said was “probably the worst game we’ve played all year”. Seventeen year old Luis Cruz was cruising through two innings and then in the 3rd he was removed due to an injury.
“It’s a shame we lost Cruz,” Linares said. “We are going to re-evaluate him (Monday). He’s going to go to the doctor. Hopefully he’ll be OK. He said he felt a little sting in the arm, and then he couldn’t lift it up. We’d rather go on the cautious side and take him out right then.”
Monday, Devon Torrence committed 2 of the Astros’ 4 errors as the G-Stros let the game slip through their fingers 7-3 in 10 innings. Torrence returns to Ohio State to begin football practice and will be taken off the roster before Wednesday’s game. It is expected that Brad Dydalewicz will be added to the active roster at that time.